The Person-centred Podcast - stories from nurses and midwives
Sep 30, 2026 · 33 min · 9 segments
On this episode, we are joined by Jordan who talks us through his non-traditional route into nursing. It is he unique experiences Jordan has had that gives him the deep understanding of…
Caroline DixonHost
Sheila McGovernHost
Like, it's lovely doing these podcasts because we hear so many different journeys into nursing.
And yours is just one of those amazing examples of and and the fact that, you know, when you talked about that creativity, it's like you're allowing you're allowing your whole self to be in this role.
And it's wonderful that your organization that you work for has also kind of really supported that.
Yeah, that's something that I now translate into the people that I work with as well.
So even before I started this role, I did a talk on Nurses Day a few years back and I sent to that talk about what makes you a nurse.
And that's not your practice.
It's not your education.
It's whether you're a mother, whether you have gone through the menopause, whether you are from a certain religion or a cultural background, whether you are a young person or an older person, they're the things that make you a nurse because they're the experiences that make you able to bring a person-centred approach to nursing that other people don't have.
And that's something I really champion is Sometimes our education systems or certain practices can maybe put people in a nursing box and that's not their fault either.
They're there to teach us nursing, but it's important to look at both sides and remember that your identity as a nurse is just as important as your education as a nurse.
She's an Irish psychologist, social psychologist, and she talks about human flourishing.
You know, it's being able to contribute what you're really good at, what you bring.
And as you say, it's not necessarily the fact that you take a good blood pressure.
Well, I was wondering, Jordan, you talked about when you were in London doing your creative fashion,
And I wondered if you could tell us a little bit more about on reflection what that might have been.
Like, it's lovely doing these podcasts because we hear so many different journeys into nursing.
And yours is just one of those amazing examples of and and the fact that, you know, when you talked about that creativity, it's like you're allowing you're allowing your whole self to be in this role.
And it's wonderful that your organization that you work for has also kind of really supported that.
Yeah, that's something that I now translate into the people that I work with as well.
So even before I started this role, I did a talk on Nurses Day a few years back and I sent to that talk about what makes you a nurse.
And that's not your practice.
It's not your education.
It's whether you're a mother, whether you have gone through the menopause, whether you are from a certain religion or a cultural background, whether you are a young person or an older person, they're the things that make you a nurse because they're the experiences that make you able to bring a person-centred approach to nursing that other people don't have.
And that's something I really champion is Sometimes our education systems or certain practices can maybe put people in a nursing box and that's not their fault either.
They're there to teach us nursing, but it's important to look at both sides and remember that your identity as a nurse is just as important as your education as a nurse.
She's an Irish psychologist, social psychologist, and she talks about human flourishing.
You know, it's being able to contribute what you're really good at, what you bring.
And as you say, it's not necessarily the fact that you take a good blood pressure.
Well, I was wondering, Jordan, you talked about when you were in London doing your creative fashion,
And I wondered if you could tell us a little bit more about on reflection what that might have been.
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